Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS. This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Cancel culture! Rip-off sequels! God! And what actually happens when you’re swallowed by a whale! Just some of the insights my guest – 9 year old Cassian – offered up when together we explored Nim’s Island. I am pretty good at knowing the limits of my own knowledge, so it was only right that I… NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
While PS I Love You is often trite, it’s also sometimes touched by genius*, both deliberate and accidental. *Not Gerard Butler’s Irish accent. Talking me through the glories and disasters of our favourite post-millennial, post-mortem romcom, is PS I Love You expert and all-round Gerard Butler fan Kate Hudson – a woman who, if Oxford University actually knew anything… PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
I literally had to fly in from outer space, edit out 8,274 “umms”, and battle some light drizzle and unseasonably mild temperatures to bring you episode 2 of GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Weatherman, I mean Scotsman – Gerard Butler. This time I took on the ultimate challenge, aided… GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
Greenland 4 stars
As a comet heads to Earth, a family tries to make their way to safety in Greenland. Despite the early Greenland trailers heralding something out of the ’90s (and how many of us expected Gerard Butler to stab the comet in the head before telling it to “go back to Alpha fucking Centauri”?) the film… Greenland Read More
TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps
Read my series review below, or full episode recaps here: episode 1 (Gold Stick), episode 2 (The Balmoral Test), episode 3 (Fairytale), episode 4 (Favourites), episode 5 (Fagan), episode 6 (Terra Nullius), episode 7 (The Hereditary Principle), episode 8 (48:1), episode 9 (Avalanche), and episode 10 (War). Tracing a decade of royal, political and worldwide events – from the assassination of Earl Mountbatten,… TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps Read More
Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced
Is 2020 finally cutting us some slack? They say good things come in threes, and what a week this has been. First Biden / Harris win the US election. Then a COVID-19 vaccine is announced. And now… there’s a new Has Fallen film. Okay so not always in threes, as this is Gerard Butler’s fourth… Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced Read More
BLOG: The Songbird trailer that’s getting people tweeting
What movies does one watch during a pandemic? Brilliant classics? Dumb comedies? Brilliant comedies? Films about, um, pandemics? There has been a lot of chatter this week on social media about upcoming thriller Songbird, a romantic thriller made during the pandemic and envisaging a world in a few years’ time where the COVID situation has… BLOG: The Songbird trailer that’s getting people tweeting Read More
BLOG: epic trolling as the film club watches Beowulf & Grendel
This is by no means the first fantasy starring Gerard Butler that I’ve enjoyed but I think it’s the first I’ve seen on screen. My Good-Bad Film Club companion Liz adores Game of Thrones, and Beowulf & Grendel – which came out in 2005 – is surely its precursor. I’m always behind the zeitgeist and… BLOG: epic trolling as the film club watches Beowulf & Grendel Read More
BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord…
Sorry but if you set a WW2 film in a French village or town, Brits of a certain age will see every blond Nazi officer as Herr Flick. Naming the film’s hero Boyce also means that unfortunately many of us will immediately think BOYCIE! (hehehehehehehe). Which is a shame as Boyce is a topnotch hero:… BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord… Read More
BLOG: You’re having a lava! The Good-Bad Film Club watches Dante’s Peak
This week on the Good-Bad Film Club we watched Dante’s Peak, which – despite me seeing it in the cinema when it came out 23 years ago – I have always believed to be called Volcano. It turns out there was a Volcano film, which came out shortly after. Similar films often come in pairs:… BLOG: You’re having a lava! The Good-Bad Film Club watches Dante’s Peak Read More
BLOG: The Good-Bad Film Club chews over The Cured
I do feel sorry for directors, making their metaphorical movies, only to find them hijacked at the merest mention of a lockdown, virus, or toilet roll shortage. This week’s Good-Bad Film Club watch, The Cured, is set in Ireland after a virus called Maze, now cured, has left the authorities with thousands of ex-zombies to… BLOG: The Good-Bad Film Club chews over The Cured Read More
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